I'm sure more than one of you has either heard of, or more importantly, is an avid user of Blender 3D. (For those of you scratching your head, prepare to be amazed and go here:
http://blender.org/cms/Home.2.0.html)
I am a bonifide expert at modeling in Blender 3D, so my obvious question is. Making widgets in Blender, and then going from there to G-Code --> Mach3.
I have exported some very basic models into DXF and tried to use them in Mach3 but so far, I haven't had much luck. The general issue I have is that when exporting to DXF, the DXF itself isn't very well supported with other CAD/CAM programs. I had a long session with a fella you runs a waterjet with me trying to get him a DXF that he could actually use. So I know the limitation here is with Blender. (Or thats my edjumacated guess)
I have read through
http://www.becausewecan.org/blog/ where these folks are doing just what I am asking about, but they are using a $500.00 CAM program between Blender and Mach3.
So... Anyone... Anyone out there with this same type of set up?
Hep me!